Equipment And Supplies

Audio/Visual Equipment

To ensure that your A/V needs are met, please set up a time for any presenters, theme speakers, and workshop leaders who will be using equipment to meet with conference services to learn and become familiar with our equipment well in advance of the presentation. If you have any questions about specific set ups for your events, please contact the Conference Services Supervisor at conferenceservices@starisland.org. Please limit complex A/V set ups wherever possible – this lessens the chance there will be a glitch during your event. Please schedule A/V-heavy events in rooms that are best suited to accommodate them.

Audio Equipment

Auxiliary cords for plugging MP3 players and phones to sound systems

Portable compact disc players (“boom box”)

Microphone stands

Handheld cordless microphones

Corded handheld microphones

Portable speaker/amplifier

Portable electric keyboard

Wireless lapel microphones

Elliott and Newton have permanent sound systems. The Chapel has speakers which project the service to the benches outside.

Visual Equipment

DVD player

Digital projectors

Portable projector screens

Elliott, Lawrance and Newton have permanent projectors and screens

Athletic and Sports Equipment

Conferees are solely responsible for the use and supervision of all athletic equipment, regardless of ownership. We neither sponsor nor provide supervision for island recreational events; conferees and staff participate at their own risk. For safety reasons, all softball participants are required to use the “low flight” softballs provided by the island, and catchers are required to wear a catcher’s mask. Children under 12 cannot use softball equipment without an adult present.

The following island equipment may be signed out at the Front Desk:

Frisbees

ping-pong paddles (table is in Brookfield)

volleyballs

basketballs

horseshoes

corn hole

hula hoops

kick balls

softballs

softball gloves

tennis rackets

Other Equipment and Supplies

Hymnals (Singing the Living Tradition, Singing the Journey, The New Century Hymnal, and The Pilgrim Hymnal)

Pianos, Organs and Keyboards

Pianos of varying quality are located around the island. The best is the Steinway Grand in the lobby. Others are located in Brookfield, Newton Centre, Elliott Hall, and the Pink Parlor. Pump organs are located in the Chapel and Newton Centre. There is an electric keyboard that can move between certain meeting rooms.

Our Mission

Our mission since 1915 is to hold and maintain Star Island and such other property as the Corporation may hold or acquire, as a center for religious, education, and kindred purposes consistent with the principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ.

Our Vision

Our vision is to create on Star Island an environment that frees all who come to renew spiritually, explore matters of consequence, and gain knowledge about the world as it might ideally be.